Strawesome Blog

We have trimmed down our blog posts to only save those that seemed to be the most useful over the years. Feel free to take a gander and discover things you may not have known about glass straws and Strawesome.
Branded Straws

Branded Straws

Strawesome uses a safe alternative to etching and engraving to give you a Branded Straw with your printed logo or graphic. We’ve been piloting this offering for about a year with great results and the demand has been huge despite not advertising publicly that this service was available. Why Branded Straws? Branded straws are great… View more

Safe Eco-Friendly Starbucks® Replacement Straws

Safe Eco-Friendly Starbucks® Replacement Straws

If you are a Starbucks® customer, you may be looking for safe eco-friendly Starbucks® replacement straws for your Starbucks® To-Go cups. Stainless Steel and Metal Straws are no longer a smart choice because in August 2016, Starbucks® recalled millions of stainless steel metal straws due to reported mouth lacerations. Plastic straws are not a good… View more

Straws for the Handicapped and Disabled

Straws for the Handicapped and Disabled

Dear Daedra: Do you make reusable straws for the handicapped and disabled? I’ve had many handicapped and disabled customers contact me to create custom straws for their use. The most unique custom straw I made was for a quadriplegic customer who reached out to me looking for a custom straw. He was currently drinking from a… View more

Our Green Shipping Practices

Our Green Shipping Practices

Dear Daedra: What shipping materials do you use? I’d hate to get my reusable glass straw wrapped in plastic! If you are one of our customers that has left some version of this note in your order comments, we appreciate your stand that companies go green! When we first started selling glass straws in late… View more

Wine Straws

Wine Straws

Until recent years, the main option for wine straws (in fact most straws) has been of course plastic. Since beverages do not taste the same when sipped through plastic (due to toxins leaching into drinks from the straw), it has reduced the wine sipping enjoyment level down a few notches. Thankfully, there is another option… View more

The Glass Straw Holiday Gift Guide

The Glass Straw Holiday Gift Guide

5 Gift Ideas for the Holidays – Look No Further The holidays are upon us and you know what that means; finding the right gift for everyone on your list. Let’s face it, shopping for the perfect gift is a stress-filled drag that can turn even the kindest shopper into a Scrooge. We feel your… View more

Straw Storage Solution

Straw Storage Solution

One of the many concerns with glass items like our Strawesome straws is where to store them when they are not in use.  While we offer up our own ideas on glass straw storage it would be nice to hear how everyone else stores their straws. We’re offering up a free straw for one lucky… View more